Student Recruitment Senior Specialist

Job Description

• Represents the NU to targeted students; visits middle schools, high schools, and colleges; speaks to groups and individual students; meets with school counselors, administrators and/or other constituent groups to promote outreach activities and as required to assist other recruiters.
• Develops, coordinates and delivers outreach programs and marketing strategies, including community workshops, retreats, and related recruitment efforts; arranges visits and tours for prospective students and parents.
• Serves independently as the point person for internal coordination of university student recruitment and enrollment management goals utilizing specific knowledge gained of admissions, registration criteria and financial aid and/or scholarship information and deadlines.
• Provides career and academic counseling, planning, and advising to potential students utilizing specific knowledge gained of the university colleges, educational programs and degrees.
• Independently develops and maintains partnerships between the university, local school systems, alumni networks, faculty, community partners, and other identified groups throughout the assigned territory/population.
• Coordinates university participation of staff and alumni for national and local college recruitment fairs, conferences and related outreach events; coordinates event-specific organizational aspects, promotional materials and information from the university and its colleges, educational programs and degrees.
• Participates in and/or organizes and implements all aspects of large, multi-departmental special events utilizing presentation and promotional materials, maintaining budgetary and operational controls, coordination skills with multiple entities and representing the university at local, statewide and national events.
• Prepares reports and proposals regarding recruitment and outreach activities and responds to inquiries from students and minority agencies.
• Creates, packages, monitors and distributes resource materials for student recruitment and retention programs; develops mentorship programs; analyzes trends in recruitment and retention programs; develops strategies for program evaluation.
• Guides and oversees the work of lower graded staff and/or student employees when engaged in directly related support activities; may participate in employee training and evaluative sessions.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

Job Requirements

• Bachelor Degree of Business Administration or Relevant Field 
• minimum 3 years of relevant experience 
• Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
• Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.
• Organizing and coordinating skills.
• Ability to analyze course prerequisites, certification, and/or curriculum/graduation requirements.
• Ability to use independent judgment and to manage and impart confidential information.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse populations.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Skill in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures.
• Ability to plan, assess, and evaluate programs.
• Program planning and implementation skills.
• Knowledge of student recruitment and retention issues.
• Ability to develop, plan, and implement short- and long-range goals.
• Skill in the configuration and use of computerized database programs